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   I Want to Break Free by paladin_cleric_mage for mythomantic, bubblegumcherrypop

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
   • Multi, M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Apr 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Steve Harrington
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Robin Buckley
   • Sam Owens (Stranger Things)
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Eddie Munson
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Substance Abuse
   • Self-Harm
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Healing
   • Slow Burn
   • Original Character(s)
   • Minor Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Minor Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Hopeful Ending

   Summary

   Life makes survivors of unimaginable horrors yet gives no tools by which survivors can piece themselves together again. How do those living on islands of hurt use their desperation to reach the mainland? What if the journey there is more treacherous than the island itself?

   Following the events of the battle at Starcourt, in the wake of Nancy being flayed and El losing more than just her father figure, characters connect—and disconnect—as they ultimately break free of their painful pasts.

   Series

   • Part 2 of I Want to Break Free

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   468,465

   Chapters:

   200/200

   Comments:

   949

   Kudos:

   972

   Bookmarks:

   158

   Hits:

   49,641

   Bookmarked by lunivra

   05 Jan 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   rlly long fic